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The understanding of science by members of the public has been of increasing concern to social scientists. This article argues that such understanding, or the ostensible lack of it, is structured by discourses that address science both as an abstract entity or principle (science-in-general) and as an activity directed at specific phenomena or problems (science-in particular). Drawing upon a wide range of interviews about various sources of ionizing radiation, it is suggested that understanding is tied to questions of social identity that encompass relations of differentiation from and identification with science and the institutions in which it is embedded

Introduction -- Philosophical foundations -- The autonomy of science -- Government science advice -- Government funding of science -- Science and national security -- Protecting human subjects in research -- Science education -- Conclusion

AbstractThe overall goal of the 2007 State of the Science Symposium on Aging with Developmental Disabilities: Charting Lifespan Trajectories and Supportive Environments for Healthy Community Living (held in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.) was to increase the understanding and definition of how to improve the health, psychosocial well‐being, and community participation of older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The symposium consisted of four main tracks (neurodevelopmental conditions; health care services, health promotion needs, and health literacy; family support and intergenerational caregiving; and environmental barriers and supports to community living). The symposium's participants recommended a greater focus on a research agenda that would serve to increase the knowledge on the lifespan trajectory for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and on identifying methods for developing and assessing effectiveness of practices and policies for individuals with developmental disabilities, their families, and their service providers.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgment -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Part I Cultural Cold War and Nuclear Energy -- Chapter 2 The Cultural Cold War and Nuclear Scientists: Congress for Cultural Freedom and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists -- Chapter 3 "Foreign Atoms for Peace" and the Export of Research Reactors -- Chapter 4 International Students of Atomic Energy: the Argonne International School of Nuclear Science and Engineering -- Chapter 5 Contradictions in the Overseas Information Program: Nuclear Tests in the Pacific and Compensation Negotiation with Japan -- Part II New Development in the Overseas Information Programs -- Chapter 6 From Atoms for Peace to Science for Peace -- Chapter 7 Project Hope and Medical Aid Programs -- Chapter 8 Space Flight as a New Overseas Information Program -- Chapter 9 Epilogue -- References -- Index.

This text provides original evidence arguing for dignity as an indicator of public health, by offering a scientific framework for measuring dignity and its social determinants. Hitlin and Andersson show that dignity can be efficiently measured by using simple survey items that ask individuals whether there is 'dignity' in their life or in how they are treated by others.

Committee Serial No. 8. Reviews national priorities in applied and basic research, educational and manpower needs, and impact of Federal research policy and support on private industry, universities, foundations, and government agencies. ; "No. 8." ; Committee Serial No. 8. Reviews national priorities in applied and basic research, educational and manpower needs, and impact of Federal research policy and support on private industry, universities, foundations, and government agencies. ; Mode of access: Internet.